Coffee's for Closers

I guess I was surprised when Kidlet A told me Fall Out Boy wrote most of the songs I relate to when they were in their twenties.  Here I am in my late 40's, thinking about serious things to their lyrics.  That's what literature / arts / music / theatre is all about though, right? Relating to those across generations, races, experiences, time.  This one.  Over and over again.

It took me a long time to understand the lyrics "I will never believe in anything again."  But you know what?  I get it now.  And it's not a depressing standpoint. It's more so one of being an individual and standing true to what YOU believe in.  So often with social media, the news, politics, people in general we are faced to be what we aren't.  I always laugh when people tell me middle school years are the toughest.  Seriously?  These kids know the TRUTH.  And I hope to empower them to express it.  Adults are the ones with the baggage.  The horror to express who they are for fear of being different from their neighbors, or 500+ Facebook and Instagram friends.  I wish Andy Warhol was alive to comment on all of this.  No wonder our kids struggle like crazy with identity.  Have we looked at ourselves as adults? It's about time... 

Coffee's for Closers

Fall Out Boy

I can't explain a thing
I want everything
To change and stay the same on top
Doesn't care about anyone or anything
Now come together, come apart
Only get lonely when you read the charts

Oh baby, when they made me
They broke the mold
Girls used to follow me around
Then I got cold

Throw your cameras in the air
And wave 'em like you just don't care
I will never believe in anything again
I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come
Oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again
We never believe again
Kick drum beating in my chest again
Oh we will never believe again
Preach electric to a microphone stand

Oh, I'm a mascot for what you've become
And oh, oh, I love the mayhem more than the love
And oh baby, when they made me
They broke the mold
Girls used to follow me around
When I got cold

Throw your cameras in the air
And wave 'em like you just don't care
I will never believe in anything again
I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come
Oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again
We never believe again
Kick drum beating in my chest again
Oh we will never believe again
Preach electric to a microphone stand

Oh, throw your cameras in the air
And wave 'em 'cause I just don't care
Oh, throw your cameras in the air
And wave 'em 'cause I just don't care

Throw your cameras in the air
And wave 'em like you just don't care
I will never believe in anything again
I will never believe in anything again
Oh change will come
Oh change will come
I will never believe in anything again
We never believe again
Kick drum beating in my chest again
Oh we will never believe again
Preach electric to a microphone stand

I will never believe in anything again
I will never believe in anything again
Oh, change will come
Oh, change will come
I will never believe in anything again
I will never believe in anything again

We will never believe again
Kickdrum beating in my chest again
Oh we will never believe again
Preach electric to a microphone stand
We will never believe again
Kickdrum beating in my chest again
Oh we will never believe again
Preach electric to a microphone stand
We will never believe again
Kickdrum beating in my chest again
Oh we will never believe again
Preach electric to a microphone stand

Songwriters: Andrew Hurley / Joseph Trohman / Patrick Stump / Peter Wentz

(Coffee’s for Closers) lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC